Mark McClelland Professional Bass Player

I have played bass professionally for around 15 years, starting in Cork city, moving through Madrid, and then London where I live now. I have have played in dozens of projects, most notably playing a total of 24 hours at the world record breaking non stop 100 hours jam at The Blues Kitchen in Camden Town. As well as that, I was at the venue for the full 100 hours and played in the finale as the clock ticked down to zero. I have totally dived into the London scene, playing all different types of jam sessions all over the city, working as a session bassist and playing live in too many bands to count. Styles among all these have included pop, jazz, heavy metal and rock. I have written all about these adventures in my diary which was started in the summer of 2014 when I went to the Costa Blanca in Spain to try to work as a bass player for the summer. This adventure led directly to my moving to London and continuing that adventure here. It continues today. You can read it at marksdiaries.wordpress.com

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Capturing my bass side

In the absence of live music in London right now, my Youtube channel mainly features home recordings. At the forefront of these are my videos as I work my way through level 9 of Scottsbasslessons' Players Path. There's even an out-take or two, and a recording of myself playing along to a section of the 100 Hour Jam as we entered the home strait. In all these I try to present myself playing as I would live and generally rock it all out.

Introducing my SoundCloud

A few of my different projects are featured on my Soundcloud account with a selection of songs here on the playlist. From The Drunken Monkees in Madrid we have A Listing and Bond, Bauer Or Born, Let's Have A Party and These Are The Days are my own studio songs, while the others come from my band in Ireland, Fly On The Wall.

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Get in touch

You can reach me or check out recordings on Instagram, facebook, twitter or youtube.